Versatile Verse

Maybe I'll choose a role from Dickens
Although I shouldn't count my chickens

Pickwick Papers is much too long

Perhaps Juliet or Lady Macbeth
Tales of treachery and death

Maybe I’ll choose a role from Dickens

But I’d like a more challenging role
A Shakespeare play is my goal

Perhaps Juliet or Lady Macbeth

My pièce de résistance is Sleeping Beauty
To play her has now become almost a duty

But I’d like a more challenging role

I'm an actress at heart
I can take on any part

My pièce de résistance is Sleeping Beauty

I’ll be oh so demure
Lovely and pure

I’m an actress at heart

3rd libe

I'll be oh so demure

My turn to be Mary this year I think
She's always in blue, but I'll go for pink

That would spoil the festivities
I couldn't take part in the Nativities

My turn to be Mary this year I think

Don’t want Christmas with my leg in plaster
That would be a complete disaster

That would spoil the festivities

From all that make this wonderful trip
As long as I don't over the handlebars flip.

Don't want Christmas with my leg in plaster

From there I will see for miles and miles and miles
The view is wonderful and brings on smiles

From all that make this wonderful trip

From there I'll hitch a lift over the bridge
Then climb steadily up to the ridge

From there I will see for miles and miles and miles

I think a push bike would be in order
As long as it takes me to the Welsh border.

From there I'll hitch a lift over the bridge

Perhaps an electric bike is something to consider
But lack of use might make my body wither

I think a push bike would be in order

But heaven forbid, I forget to charge it
Then I'll have to walk but that will keep me fit

Perhaps an electric bike is something to consider

As long as I remember to plug it in
It will take me a long way- it's a win.

But heaven forbid, I forget to charge it

That should please the lovely Greta
That should make all things better

As long as I remember to plug it in

One day I will become completely metric
My new car will be all electric

That should please the lovely Greta

This time, I'll take all my cards
Reminder to self - stop thinking in yards!

One day I will become completely metric

What a choice? What shall I pick?
Last time, forgot to pay, ended up in the nick.

This time, I'll take all my cards

I'll be first to get my prize
As long of course if they have my size

What a choice? What shall I pick?

With my elbows all akimbo
Under the barrier doing a limbo

I’ll be first to get my prize

I’ll be at the sales on Boxing Day
Ready to wade into the fray

With my elbows all akimbo

For a tissue but hey what’s this ?
A cheque for a thousand pounds, what bliss!

I'll be at the sales on Boxing Day